Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union

by J.L. Porket

Overview

A book distinguishing between the situation in the labour market and the utilization of the employed labour force in the Soviet Union. The author attempts to show that since the abolition of open registered unemployment in 1930 the economy has suffered from chronic and general overmanning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349109326
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 1989
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Types of economic system and unemployment. Part 2 A History of the Soviet Case: the first decade; the Stalin era; the post-Stalin era. Part 3 An analysis of the Soviet case: open unregistered employment; overmanning - the state sector, Shohekino, work collectives, the brigade system, collective farms; the use of educational qualifications. Part 4 Labour supply and demand. Part 5 Prospects: options; Soviet scholars; Gorbachev's initial years.